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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 27, 1995Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1995, 4:47 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 5:35 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 832 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 272149 RRA
TORMKE
WIC025-272235-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
447 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 535 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...SOUTHWESTERN DANE COUNTY

AT 448 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR DALEYVILLE WHICH, IS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON.
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE MOUNT VERNON AND PAOLI. 
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

KOCHIS/LA GREE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette60 min
Jul 27, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXIowa48 min
Jul 27, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green60 min
Jul 27, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane57 min
Jul 27, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen, Rock49 min
Jul 27, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane48 min
Jul 27, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson60 min
Jul 27, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge59 min
Jul 27, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth58 min
Jul 27, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock33 min
Jul 27, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha61 min
Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine60 min
Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha60 min
Jul 27, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXKenosha, Racine62 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.